by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
What a sad fate is mine
Language: English
What a sad fate is mine, My love is my crime; Or why should she be, More easy and free To all than to me? But if by disdain She can lessen my pain, 'Tis all I implore, To make me love less, Of herself to love more.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695), "What a sad fate is mine", Z. 428. [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 10
Word count: 48